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The will of parliament triumphed once again (AKA the will of the executive), since in truth the majority of MPs and the cabinet did not want Brexit. The reality was that a handful of less than 15% of parliament wanted the total departure from the EU that the loony right demands. So we got the...

Is that dead or alive do you know? After all, fixtures to any individual two years ahead in present circumstances are somewhat presumptuous to say the least. .

I wouldn't have held a second referendum on that basis, but would have on the grounds of the extensive and blatant dishonesty of the Leave campaign. .

Another referendum would certainly have reversed Brexit into Remain, which is why the Brexiters were so terrified of us having one to make the the result a clearer one. .

We do need to have 300 other languages to have an equal facility as that of anyone having English With English someone can communicate with enough individuals of those using any of the 300 languages. With any other languages but excluding any English there is not that facility. So others...

Sorry, but i have to disagree again in fluency terms. Given our very long history of trading with the Chinese and our well over 99 year relationship with Hong Kong, neither of which our competitors have, I believe we are better placed in all respects, including language. .

Exactly Andy, it's common sense to use those sufficiently fluent due to having lived in the location as you have with Germany. However, given that English is the de facto universal language, I look at this issue logically. Which makes more sense? 1) Those not native English speakers...

The point of failure. You see I don't need to learn German, I have the internet. .

I understood your point perfectly, but disagree, the others do have the same attitude as us. As I said, do the Germans sell to the Chinese in the German language? No of course they don't. From around the world we all do the same, use our very few fluent Chinese speakers to do that or employ a...

Not so, countries all over the world buy from China without knowing either Chinese language. That's because the Chinese use English in business to sell to the world, making that knowledge available for us to use to sell. The Germans sell there successfully and sure as hell don't do so using...

A prosecuting barrister might attempt that, but no judge will mention it in sentencing, since to do so would be contrary to law. Sounding a warning of approach is only ever a courtesy measure. In fact it's punishable in some circumstances if inapropriately used. .

Why are you shocked Andy, it's what I would expect, given the circumstances? Britain had the largest most widespread empire the world has ever known, leading to the English language being so widely understood and used. The English language is the largest in the world in the number of words it...

Having a bell is not an EU cycling rule, if it was it would have applied here too. Having one and using it is regarded as a courtesy and is expected in the main cycling countries of the EU. However they are indeed useless in many ways, not least in that they do not protect against the full...

Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea, may have some affection after Trump gave him such good publicity. .

I'm afraid the police cannot do any enforcement in respect of bicycle bells Andy. Originally there had never been a law requiring bells on bicycles, but in 1999 legislation was passed requiring all new bicycles to be sold with bells, but with no requirement for the bell to be fitted or...

More than attempts, he's been more successful than any anyone else in solving members pedelec technical problems, many of those under his previous member name of d8veh. Under these member names he's successfully helped for a decade since originally joining in October 2010. .

Or Trident. However, the Canadians still bravely use the De Havilland name, so one never knows. .

The first production e-bike item was the Heinzmann hub motor in 1922, that triggering Philips attempts from 1923 on. But working prototypes date from the 1890s. Of course it was always lead acid batteries that held back progress until NiCads were invented. .

You are probably right since the Dutch authorities report that 40% of their circa 200 annual cycling deaths have long involved no other vehicle. So it's easy to believe that the reported 57 of those 80 deaths involve e-bikes since they've been increasingly dominating bike sales there for several...

You're in bowserman, riding on North Walbottle Road: Map Link .